Edited the next morning to clarify a few points.

I did it again. Bought a clarinet on eBay. I can't possibly pretend I need another one -- I have three soprano clarinets already, and I've only used one of them the past several months. This one I bought pretty much out of curiosity. It's a Mazzeo system clarinet; I've never seen one in the ( Read more... )

1. I thought the TR147 had been discontinued by the beginning of 2005, which made for a bit of a puzzle since later TR147s have 2-part serial numbers like 032005 1XX. That first part certainly looks like a date, but I thought March 2005 was too late. (I'm told the numbers were stamped at the Chinese factory where the parts are made.) Now someone ( Read more... )

Fans of Florence Foster Jenkins, the Guckenheimer Sour Kraut Band, and the Portsmouth Sinfonia won't want to miss this CD of Mozart's concerto for two clarinets and drums by the greatest clarinetist, reed piper, zourlist and small bagpiper of all time, Tale Ognenovski.

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My back has pretty much stopped hurting, which is good, because my legs hurt. Yes, Binghamton's practicing again, three times before Gilbertsville -- I missed the first one, a couple weeks ago, due to illness, but I was there for Saturday's. We did some Bampton and a bunch of Ducklington, including one new dance that looks like it'll work pretty ( Read more... )

I'm back from my third band rehearsal. I'm still having a good time, and more to the point, I'm still pretty psyched about playing. More so, I think, than I was in my school days... oh, I liked playing, all right, and I practiced and everything, but it seems to me I wasn't as desirous of playing well back then. Or at least playing better ( Read more... )

I went to a rehearsal of the Lafayette Concert Band tonight -- the community band from Lafayette, NY, that is, not to be confused with the band of the same name from Lafayette, LA. Brought along my Evette & Schaeffer B♭ clarinet. The director, Norm Wanzer, had said he needs 2nd/3rd clarinets more than he needs another bass clarinet. It was the ( Read more... )

On the NPR web site:

Joys of the Bass Clarinet

News & Notes, December 11, 2006 · Bennie Maupin discusses his love affair with the bass clarinet. This story is part of our spotlight this month on musicians who play instruments tuned in the lower frequencies.

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( Prologue: 1995 )